Kevin Keith Ferland
Mathematical and Digital Sciences |
Bloomsburg |
Bloomsburg, |
(570) 389 – 4502 kferland@bloomu.edu |
Ph.D.
in Mathematics, July 1999
M.S.
in Mathematics, May 1994
B.S.
with Honors in Mathematics Interdisciplinary with Computer Science, Summa Cum
Laude, May 1991
TALE Outstanding Teaching
Award, May 2004
Graduating
seniors nominate faculty members for this award, which is organized by the
Teaching and
Syracuse University College
of Arts and Sciences Doctoral Prize, 2000
Awarded for outstanding work on my dissertation
"On the RO(G)-Graded Equivariant Ordinary Cohomology
of Generalized G-Cell Complexes for G=Z/p."
Project Next Fellow,
1999-2000
The Mathematics Association of America sponsors this
national program and annually selects approximately 60 recent Ph.D.'s to
participate.
Professor, August 2008 – Present.
Associate Professor, August 2004 – August 2008.
Assistant Professor, August 1999 – August 2004.
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York 13244
Teaching
Assistant, January 1992 - August 1999
Courses Taught
Math 101, Math Thinking
Math
109, College Algebra
Math 111, Finite Mathematics
Math 112, Trigonometry
Math 113, PreCalculus
Math 123, Essentials of Calculus
Math 125, Calculus 1
Math 126, Calculus 2
Math 185, Discrete Mathematics
Math 225, Calculus 3
Math 314, Linear Algebra
Math 360, Number Theory
Math
385, Intro to Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Math
421, Real Analysis
Math 422, Complex Variables
Math 491, Special Topics – Combinatorics and Graph
Theory
Math
492, Independent Study – Honors (History of Calculus).
Math
492, Independent Study – Real Analysis 2.
K. K. Ferland, Discrete Mathematics and Applications,
Second Edition, CRC Press – Taylor & Francis, Copyright 2017.
K. K. Ferland, Instructor’s Resource for Discrete Mathematics and Applications, Second
Edition, CRC Press – Taylor & Francis, Copyright 2017.
K. K. Ferland, Student Solutions Guide for Discrete
Mathematics and Applications, Second Edition, CRC Press – Taylor &
Francis, Copyright 2017.
K. K. Ferland, Discrete Mathematics: An Introduction to
Proofs and Combinatorics, Houghton Mifflin (now CENGAGE), Copyright 2009.
K. K. Ferland, Instructor’s Resource for Discrete Mathematics: An Introduction to
Proofs and Combinatorics, Houghton Mifflin (now CENGAGE), Copyright 2009.
K. K. Ferland, Student’s Solution Guide for Discrete Mathematics: An Introduction to
Proofs and Combinatorics, Houghton Mifflin (now CENGAGE), Copyright 2009.
K. K. Ferland and L. Gaunce Lewis, Jr., The
RO(G)-Graded Equivariant Ordinary Homology of G-Cell Complexes with Even
Dimensional Cells for G = Z/p, Memoirs
of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 167, Number 794, pp. 1-129,
January 2004.
K. K. Ferland, On the
RO(G)-Graded Equivariant Ordinary Cohomology of
Generalized G-cell Complexes for G = Z/p, Ph.D. Thesis,
K. K. Ferland, A Survey of
Maximum Toughness, ARS Combinatoria, accepted for publication.
K. K. Ferland, Counting Clues
in Crosswords, Recreational Mathematics
Magazine, DOI 10.2478/rmm-2020-001,
pp. 1-7, November 2020.
Kevin Ferland, Review of Contractible non-edges in 3-connected
infinite graphs, Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet,
MR4035868, February 2020.
Kevin Ferland, Review of A Turan-type
theorem for large-distance graphs in Euclidean spaces and related isodiametric
problems, Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet,
MR4014131, December 2019.
K. K. Ferland and Robert W.
Pratt, Maximal Crossword Grids, Journal
of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Volume 108, pp.
53-64, 2019.
K. K. Ferland, Extending Two
Classic Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem to the Law of Cosines, MAA Mathematics Magazine, Volume 90, No.
3, pp. 182-186, June 2017.
K. K. Ferland, Record
Crosswords, Amer. Math. Monthly 121 (2014), No. 6, pp. 534–536.
K. K. Ferland,
Mathematician’s Crossword, MAA Focus,
Volume 32, No. 6, p. 9, December 2012/January 2013.
K. K. Ferland, Toughness of
Infinite Graphs, ARS Combinatoria,
Volume 97A, pp. 319-326, 2010.
L. L. Doty and K. K. Ferland,
Constructing a Large Class of Supertough Graphs, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics Volume
43, pp. 191-196, 2009.
L.
L. Doty and K. K. Ferland, Supertough 5-Regular
Graphs, Journal of Combinatorial
Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Volume 64, pp. 97-108, 2008.
L. L. Doty and K. K. Ferland,
Some Maximally Tough Circulants, ARS Combinatoria, Volume 87, pp. 193-203, 2008.
K. K. Ferland, Sweet Tangent
Line, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, Volume 50, Number 4, p.7, 2007.
Bill
Calhoun, Kevin Ferland, Lisa Lister, and John Polhill, Minimal Distinct
Distance Trees, Journal of Combinatorial
Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Volume 61, pp. 33-57, 2007.
K.
K. Ferland and M. L. Holben, The Tough Sets for the
Generalized Petersen Graphs G(n,2), Australasian
Journal of Combinatorics, Volume 34, pp. 211-228, 2006.
K.
K. Ferland, The Original MAA, The
American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 112, No. 10, p.875, 2005.
K.
K. Ferland, In Need of Analysis, The College
Mathematics Journal, Volume 36, No. 5, p. 365, 2005.
K. K. Ferland, Tips from
Terrific Teachers, New At BU 2005, p.
24, 2005.
K. K. Ferland, From the Right
Side, The ΠΜΕ Journal,
Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 104, 2005.
K. K. Ferland, The What, How,
and Why of Pi, Proceedings of SSHE-MA,
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Mathematics Association,
Volume 9, 2005.
L. L. Doty and K. K. Ferland,
Supertough Graphs Need Not Be K1,3-free, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics,
Volume 32, pp. 91-103, 2005.
Bill Calhoun, Kevin Ferland,
Lisa Lister, and John Polhill, Totally Magic Labelings
of Graphs, Australasian Journal of
Combinatorics, Volume 32, pp. 47-59, 2005.
K. K. Ferland, What is
Discrete Mathematics?, Proceedings of SSHE-MA, The Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Mathematics Association, Volume 8, 2004.
L. L. Doty and K. K. Ferland,
Maximally Tough Cubic Graphs, Congressus Numerantium, Volume 161, pp. 75-96, 2003.
K. K. Ferland, Maximum
Toughness of Sesqui-Cubic Graphs, Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial
Computing, Volume 44, pp.129-144, February 2003.
K. K. Ferland, Toughness of
Generalized Petersen Graphs, ARS Combinatoria, Volume 66, pp.49-63, January 2003.
K. K. Ferland, Optimal
Networks have Maximum Toughness, Proceedings
of SSHE-MA, The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Mathematics
Association, Volume 6, 2002.
K. K. Ferland, Maximum Toughness
Among (n,m)-Graphs, Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and
Combinatorial Computing, Volume 43, pp.43-55, November 2002.
K. K. Ferland and R. Noubary,
Simpson's Paradox: Why you should watch your weight, Carver, Volume 19, No. 1, 2002.
K. K. Ferland, Toughness of
Graphs, Proceedings of SSHE-MA, The
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Mathematics Association, Volume
4, 2000.
K. K. Ferland and F. Luca,
Deconstructing Conic Sections, Problems, Number 1587, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 72, No. 5, December 1999.
K.
K. Ferland, On the Toughness of Some Generalized Petersen Graphs, ARS Combinatoria
36 (1993), pp. 65-88.
P. A. Mayewski,
G. Holdsworth, M. J. Spencer, S. Whitlow, M. Twickler,
M. C. Morrison, K. K. Ferland, and L. D. Meeker, Ice core sulfate from three
Northern Hemisphere sites: Source and temperature forcing implications, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 27A, No.
17/18, p. 2915-2919, 1993
P. A. Mayewski,
L. D. Meeker, M. C. Morrison, M. S. Twickler, S. I.
Whitlow, K. K. Ferland, D. A. Meese, M. R. Legrand, and J. P. Steffensen,
The Search for Maximally Tough Networks, ????
Extending toughness to Directed Graphs, AMS Meetings, Washington
DC, January 2021?
Conquering the Rubik’s Cube,
Department
Seminar, Bloomsburg University, Fall 2019.
Advancing Results in Maximum Toughness,
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Baltimore, MD, January 2019.
Fitting the Most Words in a Crossword Puzzle,
Contributed Talk, EPaDel
Sectional MAA Meeting, Shippensburg University, PA, November 2017.
Keys
to a Good (Educational) Song Parody, Invited Talk
Online Presentation, Virtual
Ongoing Interdisciplinary Conferences on Educating with Song, September 2017.
Proving the Law of Cosines Like the Pythagorean Theorem,
AMS Sectional Meeting, Hunter
College, New York, NY, May 2017
The Pi Song Video, YouTube, September 2016
The Easiest Posssible NY Times
Crossword Puzzle
MAA
MathFest, Hartford CT, August 2013.
Xwords,
Mathematics
Department Seminar, Bloomsburg University, March 2013.
Do-It-Yourself Foreign Language Immersion,
BU
French Club, Bloomsburg University, November 2011.
Generalizing the Pythagorean Theorem and Its Proof.
MAA
MathFest, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2010.
What Should Adorn Next Year’s Math Contest T-Shirt?,
Mathematics
Department Seminar, Bloomsburg University, February 2010.
Toughness Extended to Infinite Graphs,
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Washington, DC, January 2009.
Extending Toughness to Infinite Graphs,
Contributed
Talk, AMS Sectional Meeting, Stevens Institute of Technology,
Building the Toughest Networks,
Contributed
Talk, SSHEMA Mathematics Conference,
Constructing 5-Regular 5/2-Tough Graphs,
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Celebrate Pi Day,
Contributed Presentation,
Mathematics and
The
What, How, and Why of Pi,
Contributed Talk, SSHEMA
Mathematics Conference,
Research
Collaboration Between an Undergraduate and a Faculty Member in Mathematics:
Graph Theory,
Mathematics Seminar,
A
Characterization of the Tough Sets for the Generalized Petersen Graphs G(n,2),
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Maximum
Toughness when Edges are Relatively Abundant or Scarce,
Contributed Talk, SIAM Conference on Discrete
Mathematics, Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel, Nashville, TN, June 2004.
What is
Discrete Mathematics?,
Contributed Talk, SSHEMA Mathematics Conference, East
Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA, March 2004.
The
Toughest Networks,
TALE presentation, Blooomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, September 2003.
Why
Maximum Toughness is Tougher than Maximum Connectivity,
Contributed Talk, SSHEMA
Mathematics Conference, Indiana University, Indiana, PA, March 2003.
Nearly Cubic Maximally Tough
Graphs
Contributed Talk, Thirty-fourth Southeastern
International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, March 2003.
Maximum Toughness and Nearly
Regular Graphs
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Statistical
Surprises and Simpson’s Paradox,
Invited Talk, Southern Columbia High School, Ms. Sock’s class, October 2002.
Optimal
Networks Have Maximum Toughness,
Contributed Talk, SSHEMA
Mathematics Conference,
Simpson’s
Paradox: Statistics that make you think,
Invited Talk, Southern Columbia High School, Ms. Jeffrey’s and Mr. Bet’s classes, December
2001.
Answers
to Your Questions about Maximum Toughness.
Mathematics Seminar,
The
Maximum Toughness of a Graph.
Contributed Talk, Special
Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, AMS Sectional Meeting, Columbia, SC,
March 2001.
Graph Theory, Coloring, and the Four Color Theorem,
Invited
Talk, Watsontown Christian Academy, Mrs. Nuss' class,
December 2000.
Graph
Theory: It's not the theory of graphs of
functions.
Contributed Talk, Bloomsburg
University Education Conference, October 2000.
Toughness
of Graphs
Contributed Talk, SSHEMA
Mathematics Conference,
What is
Graph Theory? It's not the math you
hated in high school.
TALE presentation, Blooomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, April 2000.
How
tough can graphs be?
Mathematics Seminar,
Toughness of Generalized
Petersen Graphs
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Washington, D.C., January 2000.
Simpson's Paradox
Contributed Talk, Bloomsburg University Education
Conference, October 1999.
What’s
so tough about generalized Petersen graphs?
Mathematics Seminar,
On the RO(G)-Graded
Equivariant Ordinary Cohomology of Generalized G-cell Complexes for G = Z/p
Contributed Talk, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings,
Computing the Homology of
Complex Grassmannians the Fast and Easy Way
Contributed Talk, Syracuse University Graduate
Mathematics Conference, March 1998.
Penn Cube Day – World Cube
Association Rubik’s Cube competition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA, April 2019.
Textbook Review for Elementary Number Theory, Pearson,
Spring (March) 2019.
Textbook Review for For All Practical Purposes, COMAP, Freeman,
Macmillan Learning
11th Edition, August 2019
11th Edition, Spring 2018
10th Edition, Summer 2017
9th Edition, Spring 2013
ALEKS Symposium – Training session
on adaptive learning software for College Algebra (Math 109) homework,
McGraw-Hill Education, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY, March 2018.
Mathematical Reviews
Reviewer – Invited to periodical write MR Reviews as a MathSciNet
Reviewer, 2017 – Present.
Referee – Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, Summer
2016, Summer 2017, Spring 2018.
Referee – Mathematics Magazine, Summer 2017,
Spring 2018, Fall 2018.
Referee – Journal of Graph Labeling, Fall 2015.
Referee – Computer Mathematics, Spring 2013.
Greenland Ice Sheet Project
Two (GISP2) Researcher, Summers of 1991 and 1992, Institute for the Study of
Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
03824.
I worked with a geologist,
Professor Paul Mayewski, and did a statistical
analysis of glaciochemical time-series recovered from
central
National Science Foundation
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Summer 1990, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609.
Under the direction
of Professor Peter Christopher, I did independent research in graph theory.
American
Mathematical Society
Mathematics
Association of
Phi
Beta Kappa
University Sabbatical Committee, 2007-2011,
2013-15, 2019-2021.
APSCUF Grievance Committee, Elected,
2019-Present.
Area High School Outreach Organizer, Offering
presentations on math careers, 2018-Present.
Math Department Tenure, Promotion, and
Sabbatical Committee, Sometimes Chair, 2008-Present.
Department of Academic Enrichment Evaluation
Committee, Outside Member, 2018-2019
Faculty Academic Grievance Board, 2017-2018.
BU Honorary Degrees, 2016-2018.
General Administration Committee, 2007-2011,
2015-2017
University Tenure Committee, 2012 – 2013.
Math Department Tenure Track Search and
Screen Committee, 2015 – 2017.
Mathematics Curriculum Committee 1999-Present.
Math Department Evaluation Committee, 2012 –
Present.
Math Club Advisor, 2013 – Present.
Advisor for the Putnam Exam, 2006-Present.
PRAXIS Review Session, 2005-Present.
Advisor, Mathematical Contest in Modeling and Interdisciplinary Contest
in Modeling, 1999-2011.
BU Planning and Budget Committee, 2010 –
2011.
TALE Co-Chair, 2005-2007.
Student Recreation Center Governing Board, Faculty Representative,
2002-2003.
Library Advisory Board,
2001-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2006.
Other Service
Student Research Paper Judge
– EPADEL Section of the MAA Student Paper Competition 2015-Present.